2025 Asian American Business Roundtable

Welcome to the 2025 Asian American Business Roundtable!

We are thrilled to invite you to the 10th Anniversary of the Asian American Business Roundtable (AABR) ! This milestone event is a fantastic opportunity to reconnect, network with dynamic business leaders and ERG members nationwide, and engage with our valued partners.

Over the past decade, AABR has championed Asian American leadership, highlighting their growing influence as executives, entrepreneurs, and decision-makers.

As one of the fastest-growing communities in the U.S., Asian Americans are shaping workplaces through innovation, diversity, and a global perspective, and this year’s Roundtable celebrates this remarkable journey.

Join us to reflect on a decade of progress, share insights, and inspire the next generation of leaders.

We look forward to celebrating with you and continuing to shape the future of Asian American leadership together.

For more infomation, please visit: https://www.aabdc.com/event-details/2025-asian-american-business-roundtable

Info: As a function of the incredible Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC), the AABR helps to showcase Asian Americans in corporate leadership, promotes and supports those aspiring to leadership positions, and provides a forum for advancing the economic, political, and social interests of Asian Americans in organizations throughout the United States. Our panel of distinguished industry leaders will reflect on the organization's accomplishments over its first decade, the challenges we have faced, what we have learned along the way, where we are now, and our future pathways for advocacy, allyship, bridge-building, community engagement, diversity and inclusion, education, networking, partnerships, resources, and more.

Info: As leaders in the business community, who hold the key to shaping the future. In this context, we are inviting business leaders from various industries to share their experiences and discuss the action steps they have taken to invest in talent development and create a roadmap for the growth and advancement of Asian Americans in their workplaces. Our panelists will reflect on their experiences as change agents and share best practices and actionable steps for removing barriers to career advancement, including establishing inclusive recruitment and hiring practices, promoting employee cultural competency, creating supportive allyship programs, ensuring visibility and representation, leading by example to cultivate inclusive leadership, and more.

Info: Session 1: Dismantling Stereotypes: Enhancing Executive Presence
Session 2: ERGs | Elevating Future Asian American Leadership
Session 3: Engaging the Next Generation of Asian Americans

Info: Asian American women who are emerging leaders in the workplace face unique challenges and priorities. Nuanced leadership support and empowerment allows them to vividly contribute their talents and perspectives to their organizations successfully. We've invited a distinguished group of Asian American women in senior leadership to share their career journey experiences, exploring the dimensions of intersectional identity, stereotypes and bias, representation and visibility, networking and mentorship, career development and advancement, advocacy and allyship, work-life integration, and mental health and wellbeing. Our panel will share targeted approaches and strategies they have used to help pave the way for the success and advancement of other women emerging leaders in the workplace. They will also discuss the importance of Asian American women in senior executive positions to help other Asian American women thrive as they ascend professional ladders.

Info: Looking ahead, the AABR can play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Asian American entrepreneurship and fostering sustainable growth and prosperity within the community. By identifying and addressing future-focused issues now, the AABR can support the continued growth and success of Asian Americans and the organizations they are engaged with. Of prime importance is how we plan to cultivate the next generation of Asian Americans, build on a robust cultural legacy, and drive innovation and creativity within the organization. Our distinguished panelists will share their forward-thinking and future visions about what lies ahead in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion, access to capital and resources, technology and innovation, workforce development, economic partnerships, and more.

Host or Publisher Asian American Business Development Center